Signs Page #7

BO:

Dad, where's the remote?

Bo starts looking around the couch.

Graham stops before entering the kitchen. The group stops

with him. He looks at Bo searching the couch. He walks over

to the television.

There are three glasses of water on the TV set. He stands

next to the set. Doesn't see what's on the screen.

GRAHAM:

Bo, you're too old to still be doing

this. The rule is, you take a glass

of water, you finish it.

(beat)

Now what's wrong with this one?

Bo stops looking through the sofa cushions and looks to her

father. Looks at the glass.

BO:

There's dust in it.

GRAHAM:

This one?

BO:

A hair.

GRAHAM:

This one?

BO:

Morgan took a sip. It has his amoebas

in it.

Beat. Bo turns back to her search. Graham tucks the clock

radio under his arm and collects the three glasses. He heads

towards the kitchen.

MERRILL:

Excluding the possibility that a

female Scandinavian Olympian was

running around outside our house

last night, what else is a

possibility?

OFFICER PASKI:

I'm not done asking questions and I

don't appreciate the sarcasm.

They follow Graham and Morgan through the swinging door into

the KITCHEN.

Graham puts the glasses in the sink with a group of other

half-filled water glasses and opens the drawer to pull out a

screwdriver. He starts opening the clock radio.

OFFICER PASKI:

Do you have anyone who might have a

grudge or something against you?

Maybe a church member, who might not

have liked the fact, that you left

the church?

Graham looks at Edgar.

GRAHAM:

I don't think so.

OFFICER PASKI:

Do you owe anybody money? You can

tell me off the record if you need

too.

GRAHAM:

No.

MERRILL:

No.

Morgan hands Graham the baby monitor and Graham starts

replacing the batteries.

OFFICER PASKI:

Is anything missing?

GRAHAM:

No.

Graham hands Morgan the monitor. He turns it ON. THERE IS A

STATIC CRACKLE WITH SPIKES OF SOUND.

MORGAN:

It's still making the noises. It's

broken.

GRAHAM:

It's old Morgan.

Morgan heads out of the kitchen.

MERRILL:

Listen, I was out of line with that

whole female Scandinavian Olympian

thing.

Edgar nods.

MERRILL:

It's just that, I'm pretty strong

and pretty fast. And I was running

as fast as I could. And this guy...

(embarrassed smile)

He was just toying with us.

Beat. Merrill walks out of the kitchen. Graham watches Edgar

think it over.

CUT TO:

INT. FAMILY ROOM - DAY

Graham moves to a windowsill where more glasses of water

sit. He picks them up. Sees two more on the coffee table.

He gives up and puts the two glasses back on the windowsill.

OFFICER PASKI:

Could everyone just take a seat on

the couch. I have some preliminary

thoughts.

Morgan sits with his monitor next to Bo, who quietly watches

the TV. Merrill and Graham squeeze in next to Morgan.

OFFICER PASKI:

There are three possibilities here.

We'll call them one, two and three.

The level one scenario is that there

is a sane individual, who for real

reasons wants to do you harm. I really

don't believe that's what we're

looking at here. In my opinion,

whoever this is, they don't want to

do harm to you all. That's kind of

clear.

(beat)

The level two scenario is, this is a

mentally unstable person who's fixated

on you and your family. This is a

possibility, but a very slim one.

(beat)

I assure you I will treat all three

possibilities carefully, but in all

likely hood we are looking at what

we'll call a level three scenario.

He's a watcher. Someone who this is

a game for. He's laying low. Doesn't

want to be seen. But he wants to

watch you. Study you folks.

Officer Paski walks towards the windows. Graham, Merrill and

Morgan follow him with their eyes. Officer Paski walks next

to the television.

ON THE SCREEN WITH THE SOUND ALMOST MUTED, IS AN AERIAL SHOT

FROM A HELICOPTER. A DIFFERENT ONE THAN BEFORE. THE FOOTAGE

IS OF A VAST FIELD OF CROPS. THERE ARE TWO DIAMONDS FLANKING

TWO SIDE OF A TRIANGLE IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD.

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